liflice

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From līf +‎ -līċe.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈliːfˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈliːvˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb[edit]

līflīċe

vitally, in such a way as to infuse life

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: lifly, lyvely
- English: lively

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “líflíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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